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Old 01-10-2018, 01:37 PM   #174 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Phoenix'97 View Post
The start/stop technology would have made my stop-and-go experience unpleasant to say the least. Furthermore, even if I overhauled my engine block with reduced friction ceramic coating and ceramic coated parts designed to handle stop/start equipped cars, I can't help but consider the unnecessary wear and tear that is still occurring. Plus, I fail to see the savings when I learned that you needed more fuel to get a car started than just letting the car continue to idle. Yes, the car is already hot when restarting but you still needed more fuel than what is being used at idle, hence, you negate any gains as I see it.
The video you linked for us essentially debunked all of your points here.
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